One of the things I most looked forward to when Kevin and I bought a "real" house, not my little single girl's townhome, but a full size house with a garage and a big backyard was trying my hand, or thumb rather, at vegetable gardening. Well for starters, I don't have but one or two houseplants, because I either overwater or underwater, I need hardy, tropical plants that don't require a lot of attention. But I really wanted to give gardening a shot when we bought this house, so the first Fall, I planted some bulbs in the front, which sprouted up just fine last year, and some have already started to sprout up again this year. I went with my favorites, Tulips, and a few Hyacinths.
Then last summer, I REALLY wanted to grow some fresh herbs and tomatoes, because if you know me, I could eat tomato, basil salad, and fresh pico de gallo all summer long... seriously, I don't know if I eat much else during the heat of the summer! So on one of my trips to the Farmer's Market I purchased a great little pot already planted with cherry tomatoes and oregano! It cost $15 but lasted well past September and the tomatoes were awesome!
So this year, my neighbor asked me if I was interested in going in with her on an Earthbox, and she wanted to house it in my backyard because we have a fence. I looked up what an Earthbox was, and told her sure, although it looked very involved to make, but both of our husbands are handy, so I figured why not! So last weekend we ventured to Lowe's to buy the supplies, some seeds and soil, and planted. We couldn't actually buy an Earthbox, so we went with some good size pots, and agreed this season would be an experiment, and if it didn't work, we'd each only be out $30 big ones! We planted lettuce, green beans, peas, basil, and purchased 2 tomato plants! At first we were just going to leave the tomato plants as is in the containers they came in, but thanks to my neighbor's inlaws, we acquired an actual Earthbox! So with a little help from Dan, we have successfully set up the "vegetable garden" on my back deck, and hope to have a bountiful harvest!
